The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-12
A VETERAN IN CRIME.
Thrice Sentences 60 Death, and at so Years
or AGE In jail for Horse Stealing.

OF Age IN bnhh HORSE btenhuN.
USroNTowN, Pa, Juno 11.-Elihu Gregg
AGED 80 years, after having boon throe times
sentenced to death and once TO imprisonment
for life is now in tho Fayette county iail At
this place awaiting trial on the simple charge
OF horse stealing. His career In crime has
been unique one. For more than h'ty yenrs
he had been o successful horse aud cattle
thief, operating In the border counties OF Penn
sylvanin. Ohio. Maryland and West virginia
He had been known to steal horse from q
farmers barn and with It drive OF a whole herd
OF cattle and flock Of sheep, getting away
safely with Thorn all and disposing Of thom
beyond tho jurisdiction OF the authorittes
whore the robbery had been. COMMITTED. ~
1869 1t became SO hot for him In this stnte ana
county, West Virginia. He had boon there but
a short time when . neighbor suod him Tor
chandler and obtninod Judgment against MIN
Gresg's property, but before tho writ could DO
Issued from the records IN the c1eo tho Court
MutS 81 %tR ali ho oy qso rh
prevented tho judgment salo Of Grcgg's prop
city. ,,.,.
which fixed tho firing OF tho Court House on
The d H H2Fss s eEc anA n s
yieted. At that time incendiarism ~ West
yirginia was pnnishahlc ~ death, ne s was
g. 1869. Before Tho date Of hanging cano
around Groggs counsel obtained IN order
from the Supreme Court for a new trinl; The
G eHrya was ' rcaentenced to be hanged on Jan
2s, 1870 4 few days after his sentence he IVA, was
he o2 % hsSS hit a aofS s TEs Was
10 h---ll with Imprisonment for llfeT he
e excl, med I'm 9id enough 10 iahR' "hu
On On the night Of Nov. !, 1859. he, escaped from
iai and all TINT YES hen OF f PIN lG n fe res
have been hanged, and in which he sent his re-
Wns compelled to be absent from the ccre-
monies which the Governor had arranged Tor
In In December, 1877, Gregg appeared at tho
Landing, Greene county this State. He had
SS s sss eh, sw ave xAs a
s and ca msS1 tq I'D criminal sreSs eharsed
al" "utsopiies and ,ried to xii Hin $gioss lie
went away with the officer. shooting him three
distance ss s" w HS' t "' dcer As lie Ss Saas R
had to c,rrsd tho Ss,oI cars rs,o and
the iail he ripped Open his, coat, took a small
bottis from it. and drank The contents before ss
hs 0s sance Be rhS ply f9Pals
during which time he remained unconscious;
and saved his life. AS tho day, fixed
Tor tho, hanging had passed his hn,,d lawyer vo,
he carried out and that no could not be tried
for his life again. Fila case was in the courts
for Two years, when Judge Brandon. OF the Su-
prene Court decided that The old :, sentence
could be executed, and the date OF his hanging
was fixed for Fob g, 1880. The sentence was
committed to Imprisonment for lifo by Coy.
Matthews, and year later he was rnrdoneq, II
being thought that ho could live but few
weeks.
He disappeared, and nothing WAS heard OF
him agnin until last winter. On the, night OF
the 18th OF November, 1886. a. valuable horse
was stolen from the stable Of Lewis Knigh: in
the track Of tho. thief, and followed it for Fix
weeks. They. Annlly, game, upon him IN tho
sti in his PossS,ss!9n The thief WIS none ,o
custody, bn. escaped from the onlcers before
they 80, him. to tho, PENNSYLVANIA line. HI
evaicd pursuit. until last month. VIXEN he was
discovered at R.dstons Junction; an r 9ut,of,
county He was captured aud brought to this
town and lodged in mil. He will be tried at
tho June term Of court, and Will doubtless end
his days in prison.